Puerto Rico National Cemetery

Puerto Rico National Cemetery
Puerto Rico National Cemetery is located in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico National Cemetery
LocationBayamón, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°24′44″N 66°10′00″W / 18.41222°N 66.16667°W / 18.41222; -66.16667
Built1949
NRHP reference No.83002298 [1]
RNSZH No.2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1983
Designated RNSZHFebruary 3, 2000

Puerto Rico National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in the city of Bayamón, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It encompasses 108.2 acres (43.8 ha) of land, and at the end of 2005, had 44,722 interments. Until 2021, it was the only United States National Cemetery in Puerto Rico. A second United States National Cemetery was built in Morovis, Puerto Rico because the cemetery in Bayamón has reached its capacity.

  1. ^ "National Register". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-14.